Sam Remy, director of Doctor Strange 2, was interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter, who spoke about his thoughts on Marvel's film and television series. Scarlett Johansson and Disney reconciled, has the film's contract problem in the special period been solved? SamRemy didn't answer the question head-on, talking about his experience: "'Men in Black wanted me to be a producer, and I had scars on my face when I shot Spider-Man 3, and I used that reason to decline Sony's invitation. "When Sony Pictures was planning to remake Men in Black, the crew of the series wanted Sam Remy to be the executive producer, because Sam Remy had experience as a producer, and the director's asking price was not high. These details illustrate the fierce competition for talent in Hollywood's major studios, and Because of the scars on his face, Sam Remy almost missed the production of Doctor Strange 2.
Sam Remy also commented on the Spider-Man series: "Spider-Man is groundbreaking, and this series can pave the way for the future of Marvel tv series. "Before the filming of Spider-Man: Homeless, the series was caught in a copyright storm, and the copyright dispute between Disney and Sony became the main theme. Although the copyright storm is solved, have you ever thought that the two films have many copyright entanglements, many of which have appeared in the popular series, "Hulk" and "X-Men" series are typical examples, why "Spider-Man" is involved in copyright disputes? It is because this series has a pivotal role in the Marvel Universe Cinematic Universe. Now Sam Remy has the answer: Spider-Man has a pioneering nature, other Marvel series need this work to support, including "Doctor Strange" and other hit series are actually "Spider-Man" character derivative works.
According to Hollywood statistics, the booking volume of "Doctor Strange 2" is much hotter than that of "Spider-Man 3", is this the reason why Sam Remy did not continue to make the Bugs series? The director gave his own opinion: Purely based on ratings, the first two series of "The Mandalorian" have surpassed some of the "Star Wars" series, does this show that "The Mandalorian" has become a representative of the Star Wars category? Obviously, this argument does not hold. In the same way, no matter how popular the Doctor Strange series are, they cannot replace the status and influence of Spider-Man in the MCU universe. Some audiences who don't know Marvel and know the little bugs played by Dutch brothers, the expansion of this series is not limited to derivative works, but that the show paves the way for other Marvel series.
Many viewers' impression of "Men in Black" is still stuck in the sci-fi comedy directed by Sonnenfeld, in fact, six years ago, Sony restarted the production of "Men in Black", the potential of this series is very large, and these details also show that Sony entered the ranks of "eating old books" at that time, no wonder Sony refused to give up "Spider-Man", "X-Men" and other Marvel hit series. "Men in Black" wanted Sam Remy to be the executive producer, not because he had experience in this area, but because the director's asking price was very low, which shows that five or six years ago, Sony began to save on various costs. The author (smugly watching the movie) remembers that after Sony finished filming "Silent Hill", the film industry went downhill in terms of remuneration, and the main investor in "The Amazing Spider-Man" was Disney.
So Sam Remy said that "Men in Black" wanted me to be the executive producer, mainly for cost considerations, of course, the director felt that his cosmic cinematic worldview did not fit well with Sony, so he gave up the role of producer. It seems that Sam Remy has considered things more completely, for his filmmaker career, "Spider-Man" is an unavoidable series, because this series has a relatively large time span, each era "Spider-Man" has different pioneering attributes - in the fifties and sixties of the last century, the theater was still an expensive place for the audience, the television set was not popular, and everyone could only accept the information of the Marvel Universe movie from newspapers and magazines. For the DC superhero series "Batman" and "Superman" in the same period, "Spider-Man" was not very popular for a while and a half, but the continuity of this series is strong.
In the era of television popularity, this is the time when Sam Remy and "Spider-Man" officially met, many people learned about the MCU universe through this window, and it was also after "Spider-Man 1" that everyone was more willing to call the comic movie a cosmic movie. Sam Remy said that in the Internet age, the character of Bugs can also take advantage of the changes of the times to create more pioneering characters. In the big screen version, Peter Parker is a high school student, and the role involves the growth of teenagers. Marvel cleverly integrated these topics into the creation of "Spider-Man", so "Spider-Man" has a pioneering attribute, and "Iron Man" or "Joker" may not have so many heavy attributes.